Barbuzzo Praised

Fideua, essentially a less familiar take on paella with short vermicelli instead of rice, can now take its place next to Adsumâ€™s foie gras poutine as the best high-brow drunk food in town. Itâ€™s stuffed with tender calamari bands, sea-tasting shrimp, mussels musky with saffron, and smoky, paprika-scented chorico. Those noodles, heady with the combined scents of the seafood peeking up throughout, as well as the intensely flavored broth in which theyâ€™re cooked, is impossible to stop forking.

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Jimmy

Barbuzzo = fake Amis.

Snake

Wow, whatever that picture is…it looks delicious. Pretty much just sealed that we’ll be going there sometime soon.

donna

I went for lunch yesterday and the food was great. Looking forward to trying their dinner menu soon.

Mike J

@Jimmy

I find Barbuzzo more informal, more inexpensive and frankly better than Amis but certainly feel free to keep hating.

Food Phan

amis = oilly bank robbery

barryg

Barbuzzo = cool version of Audrey Claire.

Buckethead

I also much prefer Barbuzzo to Amis. Try the budino.

Kal

I think Barbuzzo’s marketing is better than the food. But the food is still good.

Guzzle

I may be missing something, but how is Barbuzzo similar to Audrey Claire aside from having female ownership?

Adam

I agree with Buckethead. Barbuzzo is better (and about half the price) of Amis.

Willie

So Jimmy, what is it – are you a friend of Vetri, do you work for him or what?

Barbuzzo rocks. Amis is fine, but I’d pick Barbuzzo every time if I had to choose.

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